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Stresa is a major international tourist, in the middle of Lake Maggiore, in a panoramic position and picturesque, directly opposite the Borromean Islands. On the beach, lakefront opens Piazza Marconi with its pier and the parish of St.. Ambrose rebuilt into a neoclassical style in 1790. On his shoulders is visible Villa Ducale, the first to be built in 1770, which followed several others. The greatest honour the position of Stresa, however, remains the splendid view of the lake. The panorama sweeps from the Lombardy side with Cerro and Laveno until the Fortress of Caldè, until that Piedmontese with the Punta della Castagnola, Pallanza on the left and the Monte Rosso, up to the mountains dell'Ossola. In front of the archipelago of Borromean Islands, a traditional destination of charm, connected in Stresa every half hour from boats of the shipping company and private little boats.